Konversiopolun

Konversiopolun is a theoretical concept used in urban studies to describe a city-scale system designed around continuous conversions among energy, materials, and information streams. In this framing, infrastructure, governance, and daily routines are organized to maximize the reuse of resources and the efficient transformation of inputs into useful outputs. The term is primarily found in speculative and futurological writings rather than formal policy literature, and is treated as a thought experiment rather than a standard planning model.

The name konversiopolun combines the Indonesian word konversi (conversion) with a fictional suffix -polun, created to denote a polis or city-scale network. The coinage aims to evoke continuous conversion processes that operate across urban metabolism.

Core principles include circular economy, urban metabolism, data-driven governance, participatory planning, and resilience. The concept envisions an integrated flow of energy, materials, and information across districts, with feedback loops that guide policy and investment.

Key components include energy conversion hubs such as district energy systems, material recovery facilities, water reclamation and reuse networks, repair and reuse ecosystems, digital twin models, and governance frameworks that incentivize sharing, standardization, and closed-loop cycles.

Applications and challenges: as a thought experiment, konversiopolun helps explore integrating waste-to-energy, recycling streams, and adaptable land use, but real-world adoption faces financing hurdles, interagency coordination, equity concerns, data privacy, and risk management.

See also: circular economy, urban metabolism, smart city, sustainable city planning.